page_title: Abbot Scotland v Hamo the Sherrif
hierarchical_section_title: Abbot Scotland v Hamo the Sherrif
caption_attribution_description: English: St Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury, with the cathedral on the skyline.
context_page_description: Abbot Scotland v Hamo the Sherrif or more precisely versus Hamo the Steward, Sheriff of Kent as agent for Bishop Odo of Bayeux, the Earl of Kent was a determination by William the Conqueror of an English land law suit.
  The matter involved a civil plea against the donation by a previous abbot of some lands of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury and their continued confiscation by William himself. In this case the direct defendant was the land holder Hamo the Steward, Sheriff of Kent who had been a judge in the case Odo of Bayeux v Lanfranc five years prior.
  The sheriff acted as the king's agent, with his licence, for Odo, the king's brother.
context_section_description: Abbot Scotland v Hamo the Sherrif or more precisely versus Hamo the Steward, Sheriff of Kent as agent for (or chief tenant of) Bishop Odo of Bayeux, the Earl of Kent (1076) was a determination by William the Conqueror of an English land law suit. 
  The matter involved a civil plea (suit) against the donation by a previous abbot of some lands of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury and their continued confiscation by William himself. In this case the direct defendant was the land holder (chief tenant) Hamo the Steward, Sheriff of Kent who had been a judge in the case Odo of Bayeux v Lanfranc (1071) five years prior.
  The sheriff acted as the king's agent, with his licence, for Odo, the king's brother.
caption: Fordwich borough and other lands had been given by the ousted abbot of St Augustine's Abbey (now partly ruined) to the sheriff. The new abbot successfully sued for them back.
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